Food Protection Course for Mobile Vendors

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Food Protection Course for Mobile Food Vendors.

This course trains individuals in food protection practices to ensure the safety of the food served from New York City's mobile food carts and trucks. You must apply for a mobile food license, which costs $50, and register for the course, which costs $53, together. Read more about a Mobile Food Vendor License below in Additional Details.

Registration for this course must be done in person at the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Licensing Center.

This class is offered in English and Bangla.

Frequency and Duration: This is an eight-hour course conducted over two days, four hours each day. Two English classes are head most weeks, one on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and another on Thursdays and Fridays. The schedule for the Bangla class varies.

When you complete this class and pass the final exam, you will receive your mobile food vendor license in the mail about a week later. If you fail the final exam, you must register and pay for the course again. There is no limit to the number of times you can take the course and final exam.

$53.00
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Before you can register for this class and apply for a mobile food vending license, you must obtain your New York State Certificate of Authority to Collect Sales Tax. The address on the Certificate must match that of the applicant for which an application is being submitted.

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Please note, when you register for this course, you must also apply for a Mobile Food Vendor license. Please complete the license application and note the additional fee that will be required. You will be scheduled for a class when you submit the license application and separate payments for the course fee and the license fee.

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You must provide a valid government issued photo ID (e.g., driver's license, passport, employment authorization card).
There is a fee of $53.00.

List of accepted payment methods.

  • Certified or Government Check (made payable to NYC DOHMH)
  • Money Order (made payable to NYC DOHMH)
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • MasterCard
  • Visa
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On the day you are scheduled to begin the class, go to:

NYC Health Academy
Riverside Health Center
2nd floor
160 West 100th Street
Manhattan

You must present a government issued photo ID to begin the course.
Attend all sessions of the course, and take the final examination. Applicants will not be given a certificate or letter at the end of the course to verify satisfactory completion; however the Health Academy will provide the names of those who passed and are eligible for a Mobile Food Vending License to the appropriate offices and authorities. You should receive your Mobile Food Vending License in the mail about a week after passing the exam.
If an applicant fails to pass the course's final examination they must re-register, pay an additional fee and take the course again before a license will be issued.
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Successful completion of the Mobile Food Vending Food Protection Course does not satisfy all of the regulatory requirements of other City and State Agencies. It is the business owner's responsibility to apply for all other permits, licenses, and authorizations required by other City and State Agencies. Failure to comply with all relevant regulations, including those under the jurisdiction of other Agencies, may result in the suspension of DOHMH permits until proof of compliance is provided. To view the relevant Rules of the City of New York for this permit, click the link above, then click the folder "Title 24: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene", subfolder "Chapter 21, section 06 Mobile Food Vendor Protection course, fee".

Replacement Requests

If you are in need of a replacement certificate, email healthacdmy@health.nyc.gov with “FPC replacement” in the subject field. If you took the class more than 10 years ago you must retake the course and pass the final exam.

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Licensing Center

42 Broadway, Lobby

New York, NY 10004

NYC Small Business Support Center

90-27 Sutphin Boulevard, 4th Floor

Jamaica, NY 11435

Schedule an appointment at one of the locations by emailing LicensingAppointments@dcwp.nyc.gov or by calling (212) 436-0441. Provide your name, a phone number where you can be reached, and language of preference.

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Mobile Food Vendor License

Mobile Food Vendor Permit Information

NYC Health and Administrative Codes

NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)
Licensing Center
42 Broadway, Lobby
New York
NY
10004
onlineappsdocs@dcwp.nyc.gov
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